Proverbs 22:13

אָמַר עָצֵל אֲרִי בַחוּץ בְּתוֹךְ רְחֹבוֹת אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

In Context

12עֵינֵי יְהוָה נָצְרוּ דָעַת וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵֽד ׃

14שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה פִּי זָרוֹת זְעוּם יְהוָה יפול ־ שָֽׁם ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 13:32וַיּוֹצִיאוּ דִּבַּת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תָּרוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָהּ אֶרֶץ אֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ הִוא וְכָל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר ־ רָאִינוּ בְתוֹכָהּ אַנְשֵׁי מִדּֽוֹת ׃

Proverbs 19:15עַצְלָה תַּפִּיל תַּרְדֵּמָה וְנֶפֶשׁ רְמִיָּה תִרְעָֽב ׃

Song of Solomon 5:3פָּשַׁטְתִּי אֶת ־ כֻּתָּנְתִּי אֵיכָכָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁנָּה רָחַצְתִּי אֶת ־ רַגְלַי אֵיכָכָה אֲטַנְּפֵֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:13

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. Here is, 1. The special care God takes to preserve knowledge, that is, to keep up religion in the world by keeping up among men the knowledge of himself and of good and evil, notwithstanding the corruption of mankind, and the artifices of Satan to blind men's minds and keep them in ignorance. It is a wonderful instance of the power and goodness of the eyes of the Lord, that is, his watchful providence. He preserves men… Read the whole commentary →

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